Coral Frag Growing Contest

[Nonuser]

with frag fest fresh in my mind and all the frags and people that attended the event I was wondering if a frag grow out contest would be a fun idea?

 

[Salty Cracker]

We've tried it before with zoas, hind of hard with a lot of things, as each coral has it's own growth thing. IE some sps like to encrust like crazy to build a base for a large colony, while some just go for the sky. With softies, the dirtier the tank, the better some of them do... so all things aren't equal

 

[OrcaSB]

What about a tank tour. We use to do them years ago. Are there enough members that live relatively close to make such a tour work logistically?


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[Dr. Zoos]

What if we all start with the same frag??? Find a huge colony and all that wanna compete go in on the cost then get a frag. MAunt a lps so that sps fans and softie fans get onto an equal field. It would take a bit longer but then it would show thrive and not survive.

 

[Nick James]

What about a tank tour. We use to do them years ago. Are there enough members that live relatively close to make such a tour work logistically?

There are a few Kitchener/Waterloo tanks that would be nice to visit

 

[Poseidon]

What if we all start with the same frag??? Find a huge colony and all that wanna compete go in on the cost then get a frag. MAunt a lps so that sps fans and softie fans get onto an equal field. It would take a bit longer but then it would show thrive and not survive.

i wish i could find the link but we did do this before.

Im not sure how it ended up turning out

 

[Nonuser]

I thought something like a birdsnest coral or monti or favia or Blasto or acan, relatively easy to grow but with different systems and placements it would be interesting to see if 10 people had the same 1 inch frag what would happen in a year. every month you would summit a picture of your coral and everyone would see its growth.

Could have different categories: LPS, SPS, soft corals

 

[Nick James]

You may not believe this, but I entered and won second* in an acro growing contest earlier this year that was held by a Niagara area group. The asterisk is because there were only three of us with a living frag at the end, but that was part of the challenge. I believe the colony that was chopped up wasn't looking so hot before hand, and I made sure I was the first one to pick up a frag.

I think for this to work, we need a relatively fast growing coral (birds of paradise, ponape birdsnest, forest fire digi) and a period of 3-5 months.

 

[Nonuser]

Someone has a Walt Disney Acro. That would make an excellent coral for a contest, Not sure what he's asking. But it can't be that much right?

 

[derrick orosz]

I have lots of forest fire digi and a green digi that's a super fast grower

 

[Nonuser]

All contestants could bring their frag to the Brantford show. Would cool to see the difference in person.

But realistically, no body wants to do it.